On February 16, 2000 the American Hellenic Institute held a business network luncheon at the Capital Hilton, Washington D.C. The speaker was AHI Member Ms. Maria A. Stamoulas, a tax attorney with the law firm of Facer and Stamoulas, P.C. in Washington D.C. on the subject of "Tax Planning Opportunities for the Small Business Owner."

Ms. Stamoulas is an expert in the field of personal and corporate taxation, specializing in the field of transfer tax planning. Her talk concentrated on the subject of transfer tax as it affects individuals and corporations. Ms. Stamoulas provided a wealth of detail and practical advice on how individuals can shield their estates from transfer tax while protecting their lifetime income. Her principal advice was that estate taxation was a complex field in which sensible planning could yield enormous benefits to individuals and families.

Ms. Stamoulas received her B.S. from the College of William and Mary where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in Economics and French. She received an ITT Fellowship for Study Abroad and spent a year in Switzerland at the University of Geneva. Upon her return to the U.S., she attended Harvard Law School where she graduated cum laude. Ms. Stamoulas received her Master of Laws in Taxation with distinction from Georgetown University. Prior to establishing her own firm, Ms. Stamoulas was a tax associate at the law firms of Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor and Kolker , Washington DC, and of McGuire, Woods, Battle and Boothe, McLean, Virginia. Ms. Stamoulas is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Virginia.

This event was the second monthly luncheon in 2000 of the AHI business network. These luncheons are designed to promote business associations among AHI members, their guests and other interested participants. The next major AHI event will be the 25th annual dinner to be held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Washington DC, on March 4, 2000.